Myurishen
Մյուրիշեն | |
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Mirikənd | |
Coordinates: 39°50′33″N 46°55′10″E / 39.84250°N 46.91944°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 160 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Myurishen (Armenian: Մյուրիշեն, also Mirushen, Միրուշեն) or Mirikend (Azerbaijani: Mirikənd) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 15th and 17th centuries, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1869, and a 19th-century watermill.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 200 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 160 inhabitants in 2015.[1] The Armenian population was expelled in 2023 after Azerbaijan's military offensive that led to the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.